The Official GTX480 & GTX 470 Thread

[burebista]

Someone who saw the light: The Truth. I have seen it.
Amen.

BTW that fan is ridiculous.

[_dangtx_]

ive seen plenty of that, but noone nda 'sources' or not is talking about thermals/power :shifty:

[burebista]

Gulp.
Be aware that the 5870 is set as reference card, so those are not FPSs in the graph below, but differences in %.


Oh boy when it's Friday? Are we there yet?

[Delavan]

SKYMTL,
Can you re-iterate if you'll have the chance to test the GTX470 also, or just the flagship 480?

Yesterday,

NCIX ADMIN was telling one OP (interested in buying a HD5870) to grab whatever HD5870 available RIGHT NOW (whatever brand) or he might be out of luck for a few months. Of course they're selling hardware for a living so they tell people to buy, nothing wrong with that. But we can also "speculate" on what's behind this. (no price drops whatsoever???)

We know that FERMI is coming in fast, but hopefully the rumors of "good quantities" are true, or there MIGHT be a shortage of "options" in the high-end market? What's you take on that?

[MAC]

Originally Posted by Delavan

SKYMTL,
Can you re-iterate if you'll have the chance to test the GTX470 also, or just the flagship 480?

Click here to see what models will be featured in the review

[Deviant]

Is the 26th the global day that the NDA lifts or did nVidia set March 26th of 2010 @ x Eastern time? (i.e. those in areas ahead of us by 12 hours could be posting them Thursday afternoon?)

[chrisk]

Originally Posted by burebista

Nothing about specs or benchies but some pictures for our eyes: GTX 480 disassembly guide

Looks like that silver grill we looked at earlier last week is indeed a grill for dissipating heat....

[MarkOne]

Originally Posted by _dangtx_

wowzers

Once removed we can see it's a model made by Delta Electronics, notorious for incredibly loud fans. This one is no slouch; at 1.8 amperes of power, it chews through 21.6W of power at full bore. Quite frankly, it's insane.

WC will not be an option

Originally Posted by chriskwarren

Looks like that silver grill we looked at earlier last week is indeed a grill for dissipating heat....

looks more like a heat sink than a grill ,

Originally Posted by burebista

Gulp.
Be aware that the 5870 is set as reference card, so those are not FPSs in the graph below, but differences in %.


Oh boy when it's Friday? Are we there yet?

what is that BS... where are the titles that really interest US , no spec, no resolution , nothing, this is not serious , so we are just left with the suspicious Crysis graph and this one... the only thing we can say until now is the Fermi have a hell of cooler

[chrisk]

Originally Posted by MarkOne

looks more like a heat sink than a grill ,

Thats what I thought it was...I didn't think it was a sticker or plastic for aesthetics, but for dissipating heat...but I used the wrong word, as I never meant something with holes but thats my bad. But it really was what I thought it looked like earlier...metal with ridges I guess is the better word.

No biggie but fun to speculate!

[MarkOne]

Originally Posted by chriskwarren

Thats what I thought it ......!

one thing is sure It's insane this cooling, the manufacturer will have to find solution, noise is pollution. the European will not like it for sure, they was complaining about the consummation and the noise of the HD 4890.